Washtub attachment



Jan. 26 1926.

w. A. BILL IASI'ITUB ATTACHIBNT Filed Hay 14. 1924 Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNI ED WALTER Linn-L, oroommnus, or-rro, nss'ionon'ro ROBERT a. wamson, or

COLUMBUS, onro.

WASHTUB ATTACHMENT.-

Application filed May 14,

['0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use-' ful Improvements in Washtub Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to receptacles and more particularly to a device capable of. attachment to the conventional wash tub to adapt it for use in washing automobiles or the like. I

Much time and labor is wasted at presen in searching for brushes, sponges, scrapers, chamois and like articles used in the washing and polishing of automobiles that become misplaced or lost for the lack of a proper place to keep them.

An object of my invention is to overcome thesedifliculties by the provision of a device, adapted to fit the conventional wash tub, which is provided with a rack for bold ing the brushes, pockets for holding scrapers and other artlcles and a perforated partition which defines a covered soap compartment and a water and sponge compafitmentwhen the device is mounted on the With this and other objects which will become apparent as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts hereinafter to be fully described and claimed.

Referring to the drawing in which like parts are indicated by like reference numerals throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the device of my invention mounted on a tub,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view there of, and a Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, the reference numeral 1 is used to denote the conventional wash tub upon which my device is adapted to fit. Gastors 2 are usually provided on the tub bottom so that it may be rolled from place to place.

The main body member 3 is perforated 1924. Serial No. 713,356.

and so shaped that it will fit neatly in the tub 1 at its center and extends almost to the bottom thereof to define two compartments,

4 for the soft soap used in cleaning and 5 for the water and sponges. Integral bent up flanges, 6 at thebottom, 7 at the sides and 8 at the top are provided on the body member 3. The top flange 8 is rolled at its free edge as at 9 to receive a conventional hinge rod.

Portions of the rolled edge 9 are cut away to receive similarly rolled lugs 10 on the cover member 11. The cover mem- 'ber 11 is semi-circular in form and has a downwardly bent flange 12 which fits down over the top edge of the tub 1.

A brush rack 13 comprising a single strip, ofmetal bent to provide pockets 14 is secured in any desired manner as by rivets or soldering to the flange 8. This rack also serves as a handle to remove the'device from the tub 1. Plates 15, secured at their central portion to the. upper portion of the flanges 7, are curved to conform to the in-. terior curvature of the tub 1.

Buckets 16 having their inner sides 17 curved to conform to the exterior of the tub 1 are secured to-the plates 15 by U-shaped members 17 the arms of which are riveted or solderedrespectively, to said plates and 8 buckets, so as to provide a channel 18 to receive theupper periphery of the tub 1. In the practice of this invention the scrapers, chamois and other necessary articles are carried in the buckets 16, the soap is kept 86 in the compartment 4 where it may be protected from the entrance of dirt by the closure 11, and the water is poured into compartment 5. By having the soap in compartment 4 a sufiicient amount is absorbed by the water through and around the perforated member 3 and less soap is wasted.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a tub, a perforated partition member, a flange on said member, a. partial closure hinged to said flange, arcuate plates secured to said member, and buckets secured to said plates as and for the purpose described. 7

2. In combination with a tub, a perfo- 10 rated partition member defining eompartside and top flanges on said member, a olos- 10 ments, side and top flanges on said member, are for one of said compartments hinged a closure for one of said compartments to said top flange, a rack disposed on said hinged to said top flange, arcnate plates setop flange, areuate plates secured to said cured to said side flanges and disposed Withside flanges and disposed Within the tub, in the tub, and means for supporting bu'c-kand means for supporting baskets from 15 ets from said plates exteriorly of the tub. said plates exteriorly of said tub.

3. In combination with a tub, a perforated In testimony whereof I afix my signature. partition member defining compartments, lvAiL-TER A. HILL. 

